The Irish open their hunt for the national championship under the lights at Arlotta Stadium against Air Force and the nation's longest current win streak
The 2016 #BigBBQ brackets have been set. Once again, we profess our Notre Dame-homer bias and indicate our focus will be on potential Irish opponents. If you are looking for objective analysis, you will be disappointed.
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Notre Dame opens on Saturday against Air Force at home and in primetime (7:30 ESPNU). We'll have a formal preview up later in the week, but in a nutshell, Air Force enters the tournament as the Southern Conference automatic qualifier.